State v. Little

No. 120,214 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. ISAAC LOUIS LITTLE, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. The Equal Protection Clause requires that all who are similarly situated be treated alike under the law. 2. A party claiming an equal-protection violation has to show that he or she is similarly situated to members of a class receiving different treatment. When determining whether groups are similarly situated, a court must consider any legitimate purposes of the classification. 3. Those convicted of sexually violent crimes are subject to lifetime…